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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1975
+WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT PASSENGERS TO KEEP THE SERVICE RUNNING BEYOND ITS TRIAL PERIOD WHICH LASTS UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR,+ HE SAID.
A RECENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ON ROUTE 200 SHOWED THAT 44 PER CENT OF ITS PASSENGERS
'EVIOUSLY USED TAXIS, 40 PER CENT TRAVELLED BY ORDINARY KMB SERVICES PLUS SHORT WALKS, AND NINE PER CENT BY PRIVATE CARS.
THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT 46 PER CENT OF THE PASSENGERS WERE WELL-WISHERS AND ANOTHER 46 PER CENT WERE PEOPLE USING THE SERVICE TO AND FROM WORK. ONLY THREE PER CENT WERE AIR TRAVELLERS.
+THESE INDICATE THAT ROUTE 200 IS PROVIDING A USEFUL TRANSPORT FACILITY TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT AND IT IS HOPED THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL USE IT,+ HE SAID.
ROUTE 200, USING 30-SEATER LUXURY COACHES WITH NO STANDING PASSENGERS ALLOWED, OPERATES BETWEEN TERMINALS NEXT TO THE AIRPORT BUILDING AND IN ICE HOUSE STREET IN CENTRAL EVERY 15 MINUTES AT A $3 FLAT FARE.
AIRPORT-BOUND JOURNEYS RUN FROM 7 A.M. TO 8.15 P.M. VIA CHATER ROAD, QUEENSWAY, HENNESSY ROAD, GREAT GEORGE STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD, CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, HONG CHONG ROAD, PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, ARGYLE STREET, MA TAU CHUNG ROAD, OLYMPIC AVENUE AND THE AIRPORT ARRIVAL LEVEL.
CENTRAL-BOUND JOURNEYS OPERATE BETWEEN 7.22 A.M. AND 7.37 P.M. VIA OLYMPIC AVENUE, SUNG WONG TOI ROAD, FU NING
HỒNG STREET. ARGYLE STREET, PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, HONG CHONG ROAD, CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, GLOUCESTER ROAD, PATERSON STREET, YEE WO STREET, CAUSEWAY ROAD, IRVING STREET, PENNINGTON STREET, YEE WO STREET, HENNESSY ROAD, QUEENSWAY, JACKSON ROAD, CHATER ROAD, CLUB STREET AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
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